Holidays
2024 Holiday Schedule
January 1 New Year’s Day
January 15 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
February 12 Lincoln’s Birthday (a)
February 19 Washington’s Birthday (Observed)
May 27 Memorial Day
June 19 Juneteenth
July 4 Independence Day
September 2 Labor Day
October 14 Columbus Day
November 5 Election Day
November 11 Veterans’ Day
November 28 Thanksgiving Day
December 25 Christmas Day
(a) The State has designated Lincoln’s Birthday as a floating holiday in 2024 for State employees in certain bargaining units.*
*See Advisory Memoranda 2023-03 for further information regarding Floating Holidays for Contract Year 2023-2024.
2023 Holiday Schedule
January 1 New Year’s Day (a)
January 2 New Year’s Day (Observed)
January 16 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
February 12 Lincoln’s Birthday (b)
February 13 Lincoln’s Birthday (Observed)
February 20 Washington’s Birthday (Observed)
May 29 Memorial Day
June 19 Juneteenth
July 4 Independence Day
September 4 Labor Day
October 9 Columbus Day
November 7 Election Day
November 11 Veterans’ Day (c)
November 23 Thanksgiving Day
December 25 Christmas Day
(a) Under the Attendance Rules when a holiday falls on a Sunday it is observed on the following Monday.
(b) The State has designated Lincoln’s Birthday as a floating holiday in 2023 for State employees in certain bargaining units.*
(c) The State has not designated an alternate day of observance for Veterans’ Day in 2023. It is a pass day holiday.**
*See Advisory Memoranda 2022-03 for further information regarding Floating Holidays for Contract Year 2022-2023.
**All eligible full time employees with Attendance Rules coverage are entitled to 13 holidays a year.
Note: Accrued holidays not used one (1) year after the date it is earned will expire.